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<br />November 18, 191~.
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<br />At ~.Joint Session of ~=e two branches of City Council November lSth there were present~
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<br /> Eessrs--C. ~. Walker, .W. Jones Williams, We C. Moore, M..B. Langhorne~
<br /> L. Pri~ett~ 8. T.. M~ntague. , L. H.. Davis, 0. P. }~urry,
<br /> L. 0. N%cholson,
<br /> W~ C. Corbitt,. Jno~ Howard~Hall,' G~o. R. Parr%sh~ J. T. Han~ey,
<br /> Ellis W..Moore, Wm. Hedges Baker, Geo. P. HeatH, W. L. Walker,
<br /> H..C. Reynolds, W. J. Cross, Chas. J. 2~ithy, E. B. Hawks,
<br /> S.' B.~ Hute~ins, Charles Beisel~. Thcs. P. Cooke~ Mark Saunders,
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<br />The President of the Board of Aldermen presiding.'
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<br />The following directions for the Joint Session were read;
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<br />"Dear Sir:-~
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<br />"Portsmouth, Va., November 16, 191g
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<br /> ~¥ou will please call a Joint Session of the two branches of City Council, in the
<br />Corporation Court Room, Monday, November lS, 1912, at 8 o'clock P. E.~ to consider Lncreased facili-
<br />ties for the Norfolk County Ferries.
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<br />"N. C. Corbitt, President of Common
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<br />President of B. ~f A.
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<br /> "Very truty~
<br />Counci~"
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<br />"C. W. Walker,
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<br />The "call">having been read, the Chairman of the Ferry Committee stated that, in conformity
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<br />~ith a resolution adopted by the Common Council November iEth to consider with the Board.of Super-
<br />visors.of Norfolk County the advisability of acquiring the "Newton property," in Norfolk, adjoining
<br />the Ferries, the said Committees had had a meeting at the office of ~Ar. ~elton with ~. L. E. Sil-
<br />vester, of the Nor folk County Ferry Committee; had discussed the proposition and had decided to ap-
<br />point a sub-committeeof the joint committees to meet the members of the Board of S~pervisor~ on
<br />Monday next for the purpose of determining, with concurrence of th~ Board of Supervisors, a price
<br />that might be offered for said property and other matters connected therewith; and that said sub-
<br />committee with members of the Board of Supervisors would appear before a Joins Session of the two
<br />branches of City Council, to be called for the monday following, for the purpose of discussing _$u.r2
<br />ther the matter.
<br /> He stated, however, that while the sub-committee had me~ for such purpose, no members of the
<br />Boar~ of Supervisors met with them, and .it seemed, he said, that none are here at present.
<br /> The desirability of acquiring the prop. erZy named, its price, and location were discussed for
<br />some little while by ~essrs. W. C. Eoore~ P~ll/~ontague, Davis, Hawks, and others, but as it was
<br />.concluded that nothing could be done in the matter without the concurrence of the Board of Super-
<br />visors there for, and as nothing had been heard from said Board, the body adjourned.
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